Histroy of the African Apartheid

Arrival of Jan Van Riebeeck

Apr 6, 1652

Britan took Cape Colony

Jun 18, 1825

After the Napolic Wars Britan took Cape Colony.

Nelson Mandela's Birth

Jul 18, 1918

Nelson Mandela was born on July, 18 1918

South Africa becomes charter member in the United Nations

Nov 7, 1945

South Africa did become part of the UN but didn't sign the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act

Jul 8, 1949

This act made it that mixed colors could not get married 8 July 1949

Population Registration Act

Jul 7, 1950

This made it impossible to marry a person of a different race. It also made people carry around certifitcs declaring what race they were.

Group Areas Act

Jul 7, 1950

This act made it that different races could not live togather in the same neighborhood.

Suppression of Communism Act

Jul 17, 1950

This act banned communisum and the community party.

Bantu Authorities Act

Jun 15, 1951

This act made colored people live in, and only in, certain housing districts.

Abolition of Passes and Co-ordination of Documents

Jul 11, 1952

This act replaced some of the laws and made them fit the way that the whites wanted it.

Nelson Mandela gets Arrested

Aug 5, 1962

He was arrested for being a leder for the AU on 5 August 1962

Nelson Mandela released for prison

Feb 11, 1990

He was released form prison on 11 February 1990

Omar al Bashir directed assults in Darfur

Mar 4, 2009

On this date Bashir directed attaks on Darfur

Nalson Mandela's death

Dec 5, 2013

Nelson Mandela died on December 5, 2013

Population Registration Act

Dec 7, 2013

This act made sure that everybody had to have a paper that legally stated their race.